Good Morning Australia!! - Trump contradicts himself while allies take a dim view of the racism surrounding the US President-elect - Jokowi warns against rising radicalism - Highway robbery outside Paris?!?! - Baby Panda Alert!! - And more in your CareerSpot Global News Briefs:

Conservative supporters of US president-elect Donald Trump are in shock after the Trump camp signaled that he will not pursue charges against Democratic Party rival Hillary Clinton (who actually won more votes than Trump, but the US is whack).  This comes after a campaign in which supporters chanted "lock her up" over her misuse of a piece of office equipment.  In a meeting with the New York Times, Trump also hinted at a softening of his earlier climate change denial, reportedly acknowledging a connection between climate change and human activity and telling a journalist that "clean air is vitally important".  However - Trump is known for free associating and has changed policy statements in mid-sentence, so take it all with a grain of salt.

In that New York Times meeting, Trump finally rebuked the racist, neo-nazi "Alt Right".  Asked for reaction to a video that showed a group of scumbags doing Hitler salutes while chanting "Hail Trump" at a conference in Washington, DC, the NYT quotes him as saying: "I condemn them.  I disavow, and I condemn."  Once again, grain of salt.  Trump campaigned on deporting Mexicans, retweeted nazis on a regular basis, and appointed known racists as his incoming Chief Strategist and Attorney General.  Just a thought, but maybe we're being exposed to this right-wing inter-mural drama as a distraction?  Anyway, Trump was loudly booed on the way out.

The German government refused to give an official reaction to the video.  But sources close to Chancellor Angela Merkel said it was "repulsive and worrying", and that the German government is closely monitoring "these people are riding on (Trump's) coattails".  Israeli politicians have no problem going on the record.  Yair Lapid of the Knesset's foreign affairs and defense committee called the video "sickening" and "intolerable".  "One of the greatest mistakes humanity ever made was a failure to recognize the danger of fascism early enough and tackle it head on," said Mr. Lapid, "We cannot let history repeat itself."

The two largest political groupings in the European Parliament are calling for an end to membership talks with Turkey because of the ongoing crackdown after the failed coup.  Tens of thousands of cops, troops, teachers, and civil servants have been sacked over alleged and unproven ties to a political rival of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.  "Turkey under Mr. Erdogan is more and more drifting towards an authoritarian regime," said Gianni Pitella, leader of the Socialist bloc.  But the EU's chief diplomat Federica Mogherini cautioned that she believes the EU can best support democracy by "engaging with Turkey, keeping channels open".

Turkey's far-right government has withdrawn a bill that critics say would have normalized pedophilia.  The legislation would have allowed men accused of sexually abusing underage girls to go free if they were married to their victims.  After opponents pointed out it would get in the way of campaigns to prevent child marriages and sexual assault of children, the government is sending it to an all-party parliamentary committee for review.

Indonesian president Joko Widodo is vowing to "prevent the growth of radicalism" after reports that Muslim conservatives are planning protests to destabilize his government.  This comes police actually questioned Jakarta Governor Basuki Tjahaja Purnama - better known by his nickname Ahok - over blasphemy allegations raised by a hard-line Islamist movement.  The Islamists already staged large protests against Ahok, a Christian of Chinese descent.  "I want to emphasize the spirit of pluralism," Mr. Widodo said, "The government is determined to prevent the growth of radicalism in this country." 

Japan reports very little damage or injury caused by yesterday's magnitude 7.4 earthquake off Fukushima.  It temporarily knocked out the cooling system in a nuclear waste pool at the Fukushima Daini nuclear power plant (down the road from Fukushima Daiichi), but that was repaired in short order.  People did get cool video of slow moving tsunami going upstream and inland in rivers and streams.

Thieves stopped a Bentley on a highway north of Paris, pepper-sprayed the driver, and stole more than AU$7.1 Million worth of jewels, cash, and goods from two sisters from Qatar.  They had just arrived in France by private jet and were on the way to their digs in the capital's high-rent 16th Arrondissement.  Brigands and ne'er-do-wells attempted a similar robbery attempt on a Bollywood actress earlier this month, but came out empty-handed.

Paris turned on the Christmas Lights.  Tokyo gets an expensive Christmas Tree.  Zoo Atlanta in the southeast US is having a contest to name its twin panda cubs (I suggest "Rufus" and"Bosco", because everyone is going to say "Panda McPandaface).

Legendary Indian musician M. Balamurali Krishna is dead at age 86 after a long illness.  Balamurali is said to have performed 18,000 concerts and recorded songs in his native Telugu, as well as other Indian languages including Kannada, Sanskrit, Tamil, Malayalam, Hindi, Bengali, and Punjabi.